Just Different

AS we celebrate our 60th National Day, there is a sense of pride and euphoria sweeping over us like a waft of fresh air in the midst of a cyclone. It is by design perhaps that we had a triple celebration this time around with the 29th SEA Games (a.k.a Kuala Lumpur 2017) concluding with us as the host just a day before National Day.

I WAS having lunch with a friend recently and we had a long conversation about our country. He hails from the UK but has lived in Malaysia for over 20 years now with his work permit renewed every two years.

PICKING up from where I left in my column on Global Gender Gap Report where the World Economic Forum (WEF) quantifies the magnitude of gender disparities and tracks their progress, with a focus on the relative gaps between women and men in four key areas: health, education, economy and politics.